I have another possible answer for the anonymous person who asked for an act of spiritual communion (not me). I have heard that it is possible to only receive the blood of Christ without His body. Is that true?

P. S.
Thank you for all the questions you answer! Also, please ask the other people who answer questions on this website to answer their questions if you can. Additionally, what is the maximum number of questions in a question bin?

Answer by Judie Brown on 11/15/2017:

Anonymous

From the USCCB website:

For those members of the faithful with gluten intolerance, even trace amounts of gluten
can be damaging. It is important, therefore, to be mindful of "cross-contamination" when
using either low-gluten hosts or when offering Holy Communion to someone only under
the species of wine. It might be best, for example, for the communicant to prepare a pyx
with the low-gluten host before Mass, in order to avoid the situation of a sacristan who
has handled the other hosts also to handle the low-gluten ones. At Communion time,
then, they could approach the sanctuary together with any Extraordinary Ministers of
Holy Communion and receive the pyx from the celebrant with the words "The Body of
Christ" (or, if possible, they could be given the pyx within the normal Communion line,
provided "contamination" from handling of the pyx is avoided). Similarly, it might be
necessary for someone who has permission to receive Holy Communion under the
species of wine alone to prepare before Mass a chalice, which will not be part of the
commingling rite and from which either they alone will receive or from which they will be
the first to receive. Such precautions are not only medically necessary, but they
demonstrate compassion to avoid singling out those who want to receive Communion,
but are unable to receive one or the other species.